Chapter 10. A resource for action transition
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Elwys De Stefani
Abstract
This chapter examines French oké and Italian occhei as resources with which interactants manage transitions from one course of action to another. It analyzes different kinds of institutional interactions, such as work meetings, political assemblies, and guided visits in French and Italian. In these settings, participants use OKAY within extended “transition phases”, situated in specific multimodal, material and spatial environments. This chapter shows that the sequential positions of OKAY are sensitive to co-occurring embodied conduct, giving rise to complex multimodal arrangements. Transitions from one course of action to another are multimodally accomplished within the local ecology of the interaction: the use of OKAY plays a crucial part in this accomplishment.
Abstract
This chapter examines French oké and Italian occhei as resources with which interactants manage transitions from one course of action to another. It analyzes different kinds of institutional interactions, such as work meetings, political assemblies, and guided visits in French and Italian. In these settings, participants use OKAY within extended “transition phases”, situated in specific multimodal, material and spatial environments. This chapter shows that the sequential positions of OKAY are sensitive to co-occurring embodied conduct, giving rise to complex multimodal arrangements. Transitions from one course of action to another are multimodally accomplished within the local ecology of the interaction: the use of OKAY plays a crucial part in this accomplishment.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Acknowledgements vii
- Chapter 1. Introduction 1
- Chapter 2. Data and methods used in the study of OKAY across languages 29
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Generic sequential uses of OKAY across languages
- Chapter 3. OKAY in responding and claiming understanding 55
- Chapter 4. OKAY in closings and transitions 93
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OKAY in specific languages
- Chapter 5. The prosody and phonetics of OKAY in American English 131
- Chapter 6. Rising OKAY in third position in Danish talk-in-interaction 175
- Chapter 7. OKAY as a response to informings in Finnish 205
- Chapter 8. When OKAY is repeated 235
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OKAY in specific activities and settings
- Chapter 9. OKAY in health helpline calls in Brazil 269
- Chapter 10. A resource for action transition 301
- Chapter 11. OKAY projecting embodied compliance to directives 337
- Chapter 12. Coordination of OKAY, nods, and gaze in claiming understanding and closing topics 363
- Appendix. Transcription conventions and glossing symbols 395
- Bibliography 401
- Name index 433
- Subject index 437
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Acknowledgements vii
- Chapter 1. Introduction 1
- Chapter 2. Data and methods used in the study of OKAY across languages 29
-
Generic sequential uses of OKAY across languages
- Chapter 3. OKAY in responding and claiming understanding 55
- Chapter 4. OKAY in closings and transitions 93
-
OKAY in specific languages
- Chapter 5. The prosody and phonetics of OKAY in American English 131
- Chapter 6. Rising OKAY in third position in Danish talk-in-interaction 175
- Chapter 7. OKAY as a response to informings in Finnish 205
- Chapter 8. When OKAY is repeated 235
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OKAY in specific activities and settings
- Chapter 9. OKAY in health helpline calls in Brazil 269
- Chapter 10. A resource for action transition 301
- Chapter 11. OKAY projecting embodied compliance to directives 337
- Chapter 12. Coordination of OKAY, nods, and gaze in claiming understanding and closing topics 363
- Appendix. Transcription conventions and glossing symbols 395
- Bibliography 401
- Name index 433
- Subject index 437
